Guildhall

The Guildhall, located on Middle Row in Chipping Norton, is a former guildhall that now serves as council offices. It dates from around 1500 to 1520 and was extended in the early 18th century and the 19th century. The building is constructed of rubblestone covered with roughcast, featuring stone dressings and a stone tiled roof that is gabled at the north end and half hipped at the south. Originally, it had a three-bay first floor hall, with a two-bay early 18th-century extension to the south and a one-bay 19th-century addition to the north.

Notable external features from the early 16th century include two-light mullions with Tudor arched heads on the east side and a three-light mullion on the west rear wall. On the ground floor of the east front, there is a doorway with a four-centred head, spandrels carved with quatrefoils and mouchettes, and chamfered jambs. Additionally, there is an early 18th-century depressed archway on this front. Inside, the hall section retains an early 16th-century timber roof structure, which includes two bays of principal rafters, collars, arch-bracing corbels, and trenched purlins.